Hame-tug buckle.



Nro. 64l,7l3. Patented lan. 23, |900.

' E. MANES.

HAME TUG BUCKLE.

(Application man Maly 11, 1899.)

(No Model.)

UNiTEn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EPHRAIM MANES, OF CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE.

HAlVIE-TUG BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part'of Letters PatentNo. 641,713, dated January 2S, 1900.

Application filed May 11, 1899. Serial No. 716,425. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, EPHRAIM MANEs, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing at Chattanooga, in the county of Hamilton and State of Tennessee, have invented a new and useful Hanne-Tug Buckle, of which the following is a specification.

Thisinvention relates to hame-tug buckles, and has for its object to provide a simple and improved connection between the hames and the ends of the tugs or traces in which the tongue of the buckle is effectively braced against lateral movement.

To this end the invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of the buckle in operative position. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 is a rear plan view. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line w Fig. 3.

Corresponding parts are designated by like reference characters in all the figures of vthe drawings. l

Referring to the accompanying drawings, the frame of the buckle is substantially oblong in shape, having the sides 1 and the respective end bars 2 and 3. Located about midway of the ends of the frame is a billetloop 4t, offset to one side of the frame of the buckle, and intermediate of this billet-loop and the forward end 2 of the buckle there is provided another similar billet-loop 5. It will be seen by reference to Fig. 2 that the sides of the frame 6 between the billet-loops are bowed in a direction opp'osite to the billetloops, and a transverse pivot-bar 7 connects said bowed portions intermediate of the ends thereof. Extending forwardly from the forward end bar 2 is an integral stud 8, and projecting from the inner face of said bar and at opposite sides of the finger is a pair of lugs 9, forming therebetween a substantially U- shaped forked yoke.

By reference to Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings it will be seen that the tongue 10 is provided intermediate of its ends and upon the inner side thereof with a pair of wings 11,

which are adapted to be bent about the re duced portion 12 of the bar 7, whereby the tongue is pivoted to one side of the buckle and extends longitudinallythereof. The forward end of the tongue is bent into a hook 13, adapted to cooperate with the stud 8, so as to close the opening of the hook. The opposite end 14 of the tongue is deiiectedoutward and adapted to rest against the outer face of the adjacent end bar 3.

In the application of the device as illustrated in Fig. 1 the hook 13 is engaged with one of the hames, and then the tug or trace 15 is engaged with the opposite end of the buckle and the free end of the tug passed beneath the billet-loops 4:' and 5 and across the outer face of the tongue, whereby the latter is held in its buckled or locked position, with the end of the hook 13 in engagement with the end of the stud 8, and the buckle is ef= fectively prevented from being disengaged from the hame.

As clearly shown in Fig. 3, the hook end of the tongue is normally seated between the lugs'of the forked yoke, whereby lateralrnove ment of the tongue is effectively prevented. An additional guard against lateral play of the tongue is had by reason of the wings 1l embracing the reduced portion of the pivot bar engaging the opposite shoulders 16 provided thereby.

Changes in the form,y proportion, size, and the minor details of construction within the scope of the appended claims may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacriiicing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed isn 1. A buckle, comprising a frame, a forked yoke projecting laterally from one side of the frame at one end, and a tongue pivoted to the frame and normally seated in said yoke which prevents lateral displacement of the tongue, substantially as set forth.

2. A hame-tug buckle, comprising a frame, having a stud projecting longitudinally from one end of the frame, lugs located at opposite sides of the plaueof the stud and projecting laterally therefrom at one side, and a tongue pivoted intermediate of its ends to the frame and having one end formed into a hook IOO adapted to cooperate with the stud, the hook the opposite shoulders formed by the reduced end of the tongue being normally seated beportion of the cross-bar, thereby preventing tween the lugs, substantially as set forth. lateral movementof the tongue, substantially I5 3. A buckle, eomprisinga frame having an as set forth.

5 intermediate cross-bar reduced in thickness In testimony that I claim the foregoing as intermediate of its ends, and a tongue promy own I have hereto aixed my signature in vided intermediate of its ends with a pair of the presence of two witnesses.

Wings adapted to be bent about the reduced portion of the intermediate oross-bar,whereby EPHRAIM MANES ro the tongue is pivoted intermediate of its ends Witnesses:

and coperates at opposite ends with the re- JAS. BOOK,

spective ends of the frame,the wings engaging WILL SNIDER. 

